Permanent historical factsheet

Secretary of State for Scotland

Name: Secretary of State for Scotland – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records

1885–1992Date range

4Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1885

Arthur James Balfour Balfour, 1st14 August 1885

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Scottish Secretary & enters the Cabinet

1950

Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Home ,14th1950

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Minister of State at the Scottish Office

1983

George Kenneth Hotson Younger1983

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Secretary for Scotland

1992

Ian Lang11 April 1992

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State for Scotland

Names involved

Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Home ,14thArthur James Balfour Balfour, 1stGeorge Kenneth Hotson YoungerIan Lang

Provenance

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